Lurene Tuttle

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Lurene Tuttle was a character actress and drama coach whose six-decade career included every dramatic medium, including stage, radio, film and television.

In 1936, she began her radio career opposite Dick Powell in the CBS series "Hollywood Hotel." Within a year, she was "working any time I wasn't sleeping," with roles in anthologies and running parts in such radio staples as "Sam Spade," "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," "A Date With Judy" and "The Red Skelton Show."

Her film debut was in "Heaven Only Knows" in 1947. Her career continued with featured roles in Orson Welles' "Macbeth," and with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy in "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House." Other films included "Niagara" with Marilyn Monroe, "The Glass Slipper," "The Sweet Smell of Success," "Psycho," "The Fortune Cookie," "Walking Tall" and "The Manitou."

— Ted Thackrey Jr. in the Los Angeles Times May 30, 1986

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I was named for Lurene. She and my Mother grew up together in Arizona and were best friends. We visited her in Hollywood a few years before she died and I attended her funeral. Of course she deserves a star on the Walk of Fame. She was a well known character actress and drama teacher in radio and early TV!

”— Lurene S. Riggs, August 24, 2010 at 12:11 p.m.
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I've enjoyed listening to the Sam Spade radio series several times over. Thanks, Eff, and "Goodnight, sweetheart."

”— Buck Rutledge, January 8, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.
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I used to take diction lessons and acting classes from her. She was great we use to do the diction classes in her apartment in West Hollywood. I was from Brooklyn and needed alot of help with my diction . I believed she really liked me cause in 1981 she charged $10 dollars an hour and she keep me there for 3 hours. Miss Tuttle as I use to call her was a great help and a sweet lady . I knew some of the work she did ,but wish I knew than what I know now of her. thank you Miss Tuttle

”— Matty Danza, September 6, 2013 at 3:17 p.m.

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